Mine detail: Raul Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-12.69784, -76.58306

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Clinozoisite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR, DISSEMINATED, STRINGER, MANTO

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1961

Geology

Host rock:	Chilca Formation
Host type:	Amphibolite,Siltstone,Limestone,Tuff
Associated type:	Dacite
Structure:	Reg.Struct: Beds Strike Nw And Dip W 30. Minor Folding; Block Faulting Is Common, Faults With Up To 50 M Displacements. Andesitic Dikes.
Tectonic:	Andes, Coastal Mesozoic Belt
Alteration processes:	Greenschist To Lower Amphibolite Facies Metamerphism

References

MRDS	W031448
DEP	10080329
Reference	{Deposit:: RIPLEY, E.M., AND OHMOTO, H., 1977, MINERALOGIC, SULFUR ISOTOPE, AND FLUID INCLUSION STUDIES OF THE STRATABOUND COPPER DEPOSITS AT THE RAUL MINE, PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, NO. 6, P. 1017-1041.}{Deposit:: COMMUNIQUE, AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU}{Deposit:: VIDAL, C.E., INJOQUE-ESPINOZA, J., SIDDER, G.B., AND MUKASA, S.B., 1990, AMPHIBOLITE CU-FE SKARN DEPOSITS IN THE CENTRAL COAST OF PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, P. 1447-1461.}{Deposit:: NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 72, P. 1017. NOBLE AND VIDAL (1994).}
Reporter	Rowe, William D. (Ericksen, George E.), Bolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J.